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Route Reliability

Norfolk → Washington

ORF–IAD · 158 miles · Norfolk International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport

83
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
84%
Arrive within 15 minutes
4 min
Average arrival delay
2.2%
Cancelled
1,431
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 84% of the time across 1,431 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

ORF–IAD flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 79% between 12–3 PM.

Wednesday comes out ahead.

A small edge: 89% on time on Wednesdays against 82% on Mondays.

Ticking up lately.

ORF–IAD flights arrived on time 87% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 81% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon82%(201 flights)
  • Tue85%(198 flights)
  • Wed89%(191 flights)
  • Thu85%(198 flights)
  • Fri83%(203 flights)
  • Sat84%(204 flights)
  • Sun82%(202 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM89%(317 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM87%(358 flights)
  • 12–3 PM79%(341 flights)
  • 3–6 PM80%(45 flights)
  • 6–9 PM84%(336 flights)
On-time trend by month
86%
May

Jun 71% → May 86% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202571%136
July 202580%116
August 202594%123
September 202594%115
October 202587%99
November 202588%115
December 202576%123
January 202684%107
February 202681%107
March 202681%121
April 202693%114
May 202686%121

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Based on 1,431 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.